5013929108004
Punishment Of Luxury: Puppet Life ~ The Complete Recordings: 5CD Clamshell Boxset
CRCDBOX80 - Puppet Life ~ The Complete Recordings: 5cd Clamshell Boxset - Punishment Of Luxury

Puppet Life ~ The Complete Recordings: 5CD Clamshell Boxset

Punishment Of Luxury

£24.99
£24.99
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Format: 5CD

Cat No: CRCDBOX80

Release Date:  08 November 2019

Label:  Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Clamshell

No of Units:  5

Barcode:  5013929108004

Genres:  Rock  

  • Description


    • Definitive, career-spanning five-CD box set from influential Geordie post-punk band who still play shows to this day.


     



    • Formed by fusing the energy of punk with the artistic values of musical theatre, Punishment Of Luxury were born in Gateshead, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne at the end of 1976. Their acclaimed debut single, ‘Puppet Life’, was issued on leading indie label Small Wonder in 1978, prompting a deal with United Artists for debut album The Laughing Academy (1979) and several singles.


     



    • After being dropped by UA, Punishment Of Luxury (sometimes known as Punilux) continued to tour, selling copies of their aborted second album Revolution By Numbers (sold as Gigantic Days in 1981 by mail-order). In due course, the band signed to independent label Red Rhino, recording a mini-album 7 and spin-off single ‘Hold Me (Never Mould Me)’ in 1983. Thereafter, singer/guitarist Neville Atkinson (as Nevilluxury) issued a solo album for Red Rhino entitled Feels Like Dancing Wartime (1984).


     



    • The band occasionally reconvened to make records (namely, 1989’s Hi Alien and 2011’s mini-LP 5) and have played intermittent live shows. Meanwhile, their influence was obvious – just compare their debut single ‘Puppet Life’ with ‘Take Me Out’ by Franz Ferdinand for evidence or even ‘Excess Bleeding Heart’ from Laughing Academy with ‘Babylon’s Burning’ by The Ruts.


     



    • Coordinated with help from Neville Atkinson, Puppet Life offers the complete recorded output of Punilux down the years. All their tracks for Small Wonder, United Artists and Red Rhino are joined by a previously unissued John Peel session from 1978, a whole disc’s worth of hitherto unheard live material - including excerpts from a planned live album at the Nashville, a previously unissued Red Rhino track slated as a single and more. Neville has also contributed unique sleeve-notes and visuals for the booklet.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Puppet Life
      • 2. The Demon
      • 3. Puppet Life
      • 4. Funk Me
      • 5. The Message
      • 6. All White Jack
      • 7. Obsession
      • 8. Radar Bug/Metropolis
      • 9. British Baboon
      • 10. Babalon
      • 11. Excess Bleeding Heart
      • 12. Laughing Academy
      • 13. Engine Of Excess
      • 14. Jellyfish
      • 15. Secrets
      • 16. Brain Bomb
      • 17. Baby Don’t Jump

      Disc 2

      • 1. Plants And Insects
      • 2. Fascicult Barbaraclique
      • 3. Empire Of Idiots
      • 4. No Admittance
      • 5. Blood Money
      • 6. Death And Boogie
      • 7. Auschwitz
      • 8. Love Decay(Ed)
      • 9. All Change
      • 10. Destiny
      • 11. Damaging Man
      • 12. Why Don’t You
      • 13. Snowqueen
      • 14. You Eat Too Much
      • 15. Revolution By Numbers
      • 16. My Wife’s In Love With A Polar Bear
      • 17. Double Agent
      • 18. Let’s Get Married
      • 19. You’re So Beautiful
      • 20. Babalon
      • 21. Funk Me

      Disc 3

      • 1. Funghi
      • 2. The Bird And The Elephant
      • 3. Fairiation
      • 4. Gasman
      • 5. Revelations
      • 6. Golden Corsets
      • 7. Tria-Dance
      • 8. Hold Me (Never Mould Me)
      • 9. Doubting Thomas (Previously Unissued Single)
      • 10. The Dragon
      • 11. Feels Like Dancing Wartime
      • 12. Eyes
      • 13. Motivator
      • 14. Welcome
      • 15. The Prisoner
      • 16. Rock Out The Box

      Disc 4

      • 1. Alien Contact
      • 2. Party Goblins
      • 3. Killer Rift
      • 4. Bullshitelero
      • 5. Do The Alien
      • 6. Wise Guy
      • 7. Mamonanimal
      • 8. Fracture
      • 9. I Rang Yvonne
      • 10. Mr Dinosaur
      • 11. Cry

      Disc 5

      • 1. All White Jack
      • 2. Obsession
      • 3. Radar Bug
      • 4. British Baboon
      • 5. Laughing Academy
      • 6. Babalon
      • 7. Puppet Life
      • 8. Excess Bleeding Heart
      • 9. My Wife’s In Love With A Polar Bear
      • 10. Engine Of Excess
      • 11. Obsession
      • 12. Funk Me
      • 13. Baby Don’t Jump
      • 14. Garden
      • 15. Brain Bomb
      • 16. Let’s Get Married
      • 17. You’re So Beautiful
      • 18. Puppet Life
      • 19. The Demon
      • 20. Radar Bug
      • 21. Metropolis
      • 22. Jellyfish
      • 23. Brain Bomb

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